In Search of Brightest Africa: Reimagining The Dark Continent in American Culture 1884-1936
by Jeannette Eileen Jones
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/See Description
- ISBN 10
- 0820333204
- ISBN 13
- 9780820333205
- Seller
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Cazenovia, New York, United States
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About This Item
2010 hardcover as pictured. This book discusses the contrasting ideas of Africa as a source of identity for African Americans and as an object of caricature for white Americans, emphasizing the struggle to wrest the image of Africa from colonial hegemony and reclaim its own history. Binding is firm. Blue cloth boards with gold stamping are pristine. Endpapers and text are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket shows only a trace of shelf wear. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR
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- Bookseller
- Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2885
- Title
- In Search of Brightest Africa
- Author
- Jeannette Eileen Jones
- Format/Binding
- See Description
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- See Description
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0820333204
- ISBN 13
- 9780820333205
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Place of Publication
- Athens
- Date Published
- 2010
- Pages
- 296
- Size
- 6 x 9
- Keywords
- African Politics, Africa, Colonialism, Colonial History, African American Culture, Afro-American Studies
- Bookseller catalogs
- Colonial History; Africa; African Politics; Colonialism; Afro-American Studies; African American Culture;
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